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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 2008, 3:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2008, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2008, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Emanuel County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA
The radar
The Robins AFB radar (KJGX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 10:48 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KFFC 221903
TORFFC
GAC107-209-279-283-221945-
/O.NEW.KFFC.TO.W.0080.080822T1903Z-080822T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
303 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL GEORGIA
SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
TREUTLEN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA
NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES EAST OF
LYONS...MOVING WEST AT 45 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
VIDALIA...SOPERTON AND LOTHAIR.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT WILL BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE
PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3221 8247 3225 8265 3228 8264 3230 8266
3229 8268 3231 8272 3246 8269 3248 8264
3239 8221 3234 8224 3231 8222 3218 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 101DEG 40KT 3228 8218
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KFFC 221947
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
347 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
GAC107-209-279-283-221956-
/O.EXP.KFFC.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-080822T1945Z/
TOOMBS GA-MONTGOMERY GA-TREUTLEN GA-EMANUEL GA-
346 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EMANUEL...TREUTLEN...
NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN TOOMBS COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 345 PM
EDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A TORNADO.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3221 8247 3225 8265 3228 8264 3230 8266
3229 8268 3231 8272 3246 8269 3248 8264
3239 8221 3234 8224 3231 8222 3218 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 101DEG 40KT 3228 8217
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:33 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | FFC | Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee and 60 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | FFC | Laurens, Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 24 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.